Chapter 7 takes place in Greeley, Colorado.A small town , known for meatpacking , with a strong migrant industrial workforce. Greeley got its name after a newspaper editor Horace Greeley. Greeley roots started in 1870 with education,agriculture,and strong moral values being its foundation. This all came to a halt by the IBPIBP revolution started in Denison, Iowa with Currier J. Holman and A.D. Anderson, these men began Iowa Beef Packers , which applied similar labor practices to the meat packing business that the McDonald brothers applied to making hamburgers. These practices required a low set of skills from its workforce. IBP placed its slaughterhouses in more rural areas giving them great distance from unions .
Insights:
Does fear of being fried stop these employees from joining unions ?
Has the birth of the machine brought upon the death of basic hard work ?
Chapter 8 gives us a look at the slaughterhouse in the High Plains. Schlosser takes note of how these slaugther houses are crowded and bloody. Schlosser discusses how meatpacking has become one of the most dangerous jobs in America.We see the grim , almost nightmarish process that turns live cattle into what we see in grocery stores everyday. Most of the work in a slaughterhouse is not done by machines but people themselves. People everyday on the job receive injuries from the various machines and knives in the slaughter house . The workers our put under constant stress and strain from the poor working conditions, and the methamphetamine which is used to keep up with the production line. Women workers also constantly face sexual harassment.
Insights:
What role does the federal government have in these companies ?
What charges have been put up against these companies on behalf of the workers ?
Insights:
Does fear of being fried stop these employees from joining unions ?
Has the birth of the machine brought upon the death of basic hard work ?
Chapter 8 gives us a look at the slaughterhouse in the High Plains. Schlosser takes note of how these slaugther houses are crowded and bloody. Schlosser discusses how meatpacking has become one of the most dangerous jobs in America.We see the grim , almost nightmarish process that turns live cattle into what we see in grocery stores everyday. Most of the work in a slaughterhouse is not done by machines but people themselves. People everyday on the job receive injuries from the various machines and knives in the slaughter house . The workers our put under constant stress and strain from the poor working conditions, and the methamphetamine which is used to keep up with the production line. Women workers also constantly face sexual harassment.
Insights:
What role does the federal government have in these companies ?
What charges have been put up against these companies on behalf of the workers ?
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